Combination carbide and water container



Oct. 9, 1934. G. c. MclNTYREI COMBINATION CARBIDE AND WATER CONTAINERFiled March 16, 1934 Inventor Patented Oct. 9, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE COMBINATION CARBIDE AND WATER CONTAINER 1 Claim.

person of the miner so that he will have a supply of these items alwaysat hand for his convenience.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a combinationminer's device of the character stated which can be readily carried on awaist belt without discomfort.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a combinedcarbide and water container for miners wherein the container is insections and separately connected so that they can be usedindependently.

These and various other important objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent to the reader of the followingspecification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the container with aportion broken away to disclose the manner in which the sections arefastened together.

Figure 2 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 represents a top plan view of the container.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts, itcan be seen that the container is of substantially circular shape andthat the sections are substantially semi-circular in shape, with theirstraight vertical walls in opposed relation. The section A is providedat its inside wall 5 with a lip 6 at its upper end and alongits verticaledge portions with a grooveway 'I. The container section A is intendedfor carbide and has a relatively large filler neck 8 equipped with a cap9 in comparison to the smaller filler neck 10 and cap 11 for the watercontaining section B. The section B has an inturned flange or tongue 12at each vertical edge portion and obviously, by starting these tonguesat the lower ends of the slots or grooveways '7, the section B can beslid onto the section A so that they mesh to form a complete circularcontainer, as shown in Figure 1. A swingable latch 13 is provided on thelower portion of the section A and is preferably of spring material sothat the same can be swung to the position shown in full lines in Figure1 to tensionally engage the bottom of the section B and retain the sameproperly connected with the section A. Each of the sections A-B isprovided with a belt engaging clip 14 at its back side. so that thecontainer can be readily carried on the belt.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:-

A container of the character described comprising a pair ofsemi-circular shaped containers provided with tongue and grooveconnections on their opposed sides, one of said sections being providedwith a lip at one end to limit the movement of the other section on thesame, one of the said sections being provided with a latch which can beswung to engage the other container section to retain the same inconnected position with its complementary section.

GOULD C. McINTYRE.

